Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , no , my dear Shiona , I fear I have never been wrong about you . |
| 2 | Last year an East India company in the tea trade had gone bankrupt , and the court found it had actually been insolvent for a quarter of a century — which had come as a great surprise even to the directors . |
| 3 | Colleagues , who 've been paying tribute to his dedication and exertise , say he 'd always been aware of the dangers surrounding his work.Ian Maclaren reports . |
| 4 | This reinforces what has always been true : the SSAPs were not established with public sector organizations in mind . |
| 5 | If Vitor believed her to have been three months pregnant in Adelaide , then he believed she had already been pregnant when they had made love ! |
| 6 | Buckley says she has never been aware of a problem of discrimination in the company , at least in a corporate sense , ‘ but I think a lot of men found it a problem ’ . |
| 7 | In general , those who have emerged to lead it have often been unsuitable in personality terms and are readily to be seen as incompetent or inappropriate , even by the least perspicacious . |
| 8 | Andre Jones says he 's never been involved in anything which calls for such team work … he says it 's like a racing driver steering while someone else has a foot on the accelerator … |
| 9 | David Robb is busy restoring some 1920 's greenhouses on a country estate , and says he 's never been happier : |
| 10 | Alan Webb says he 's always been interested in boats and when he took it up started going to marinas and out to sea but after a while he wanted to go faster and have more fun |
| 11 | He says he has never been able to get the image out of his mind . |
| 12 | At his trial it was revealed he had previously been involved in an incident whilst working as a door supervisor when another person died . |
| 13 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't believe I 've ever been unpleasant , ’ she returned , noting his easy use of her Christian name . |
| 15 | But after she moved in , the house began to grow on her and she already had plenty of ideas for improving what had originally been three farm workers ' cottages . |
| 16 | It would mean I mean we 've just been involved with one of the hospital because there 's an audit commission report on costs to hospital services . |
| 17 | In Rolling Stone we used to , you know I 've never been one of the designers who erm sketches little thumbnails and makes people , makes assistants follow them through . |
| 18 | ‘ You know I 've never been able to combine being a father with analysis . |
| 19 | I know you 've always been jealous of my success as a model , but I wo n't allow you to ruin things for Garry and me . ’ |
| 20 | The Americans were 11 under par when it finished they had also been six under in the Foursomes when they beat Gordon Brand and Sam Torrance . |
| 21 | I do n't think anybody 's ever been better , except for Sol Hoopi , the steel guitar man , who was never really recorded properly . |
| 22 | It seems I have always been obsessed with the way I look . |
| 23 | Organisations such as the British Mountaineering Council see this as the thin end of the wedge where payment will be demanded for access to land which has previously been open to the public . |
| 24 | It was an instrument of state policy which prevented members of the public from doing what had previously been lawful . |
| 25 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 26 | But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing . |
| 27 | She knew I 'd never been interested in Florian . |
| 28 | She thought she had never been happier , not even in Seville , which was peculiar because in Seville they had been free . |
| 29 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 30 | The Carolans were subject to much exposure in the Press , and as far as I knew there had never been any newspaper gossip which even hinted at any sort of rift between them . |